August 01, 2014

Ian Desmond really wanted Matt Williams to pinch run for Adam LaRoche

And:

File under: #Mattitude?

And so, even Ian Desmond couldn't figure out why Matt Williams didn't pinch run for Adam LaRoche in the 9th inning with one out representing the tying run in a 2-1 game. Enjoy the Vines (via MASN/MLB.TV and CSN Philly) above, in which lip readers can clearly make out Desmond asking "Do you want to pinch run?"...and not looking so happy when Williams told him "No". And then there was the Philly feed, in which Desmond flashes the international sign for "pinch runner" with his fingers: